Working and Marching/Resting and Dancing

(Jeana)  Do you ever sit in church and think, "he's like talking directly to me."  Or, sometimes, "no way, I can't do that."?  Well, yesterday it was both for me.  Pastor Pete was preaching about resting in the finished work of Christ and that living a life for Christ is more a dance than a march.   You know that you are totally pathetic when you are full on mentally fighting the words of the sermon right there during the sermon.   No way can I be resting and dancing -- I have to have 3 months of working and marching in order to make a difference on the campus in Guatemala.  Work, work, working and march, march, marching -- that is my intention -- my wound up, anxiety filled, muscles tensed view of the way it has to be.  That sermon must not apply to this particular situation . . .
Well, then we met with the Outreach Leadership team at Bent Tree.  A short time of sharing and prayer with incredible warriors for The Kingdom.  And, through that time with seasoned missionary types and the words spoken the sermon started to sink right in . . . it's not all about how much fixing, painting, planting, hammering, cleaning, building, etc. that we are able to complete.  There is so much more wrapped up into this trip and if I/we are working and marching too much we could miss some of the blessing laid out before us and for us.